Newspaper-vending machine.



' A. ROSSMANITH.

NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION man JULY 11, 1914.

I Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

A. ROSSMANITH.

NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 11. mm

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Patented Nov. 16, 19,15.

A-ROSSMANITH. NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE.

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Pdtented Nov. 16, 1915.

A. BOSSMANITH.

NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11. 19 14.

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I NEWSPAPEB'VENDING MACHINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 11, 1914. Serial No. 850,299. i

To all whom it may concern of my invention is to provide a machine ofthis class that can be thoroughly relied upon to operate when, requiredand one which does not necessitate special folding of the newspaperscontained therein.

In carrying out the objects of my invention I provide a spring-pressedelevator'arranged to carry the newspapers and hold them against a stopat the top of the 11121.-

chine, the elevator moving up one step after each paper has been takenfrom the top of the stack. Mounted above the stack of newspapers andarranged to engage the uppermost paper Iprovide lifting arms adaptedwhen actuated to grasp the uppermost paper and feed it to a setofrollers situated at the front of the machine. From these rollers thepaper is passed out through one of the walls of the machine, where itmay be taken by the operator.

My invention will be more clearly understood by referring to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an elevational view of themachine of my invention, some of the parts being broken away to moreclearly reveal the construction; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional viewtaken through the line 2, 2

of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; Fig. 3is a fragmentary sectional view of the roller mechanism employed, thisview being taken along the line 3, 3 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;,Fig. 4 is a detail view of the cammechanism employed in operating the jaw members, this view being takenalong the line l, 4 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction indicated bythe arrows: Fig. 5 isa view similar to Fig. 4,

showing the cam mechanism for operating the jaws. This view shows themechanism in one of its positions for feeding the news papers to therollers; Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. 5, showing onev of the liftingarms in-its non-operating position; Fig. 7 is a sideelevational view ofa lifting foot employed in connection with the lifting arms asshowninFig. 6; Fig. 8 is afront elevational view of the lifting foot shown inFig. 7; Fig. 9 is a crosssectional view'of the cam mechanism forcontrolling the jaw members, this view being taken along the line 9, 9of Fig. 4 and looking in the direction-indicated by the arrows; Fig. 10is a detail view of the coin-operated mechanism, some of the parts beingremoved to more clearly reveal the construction thereof; and Fig. 11 isa sectional view of the coin-operated mechanism, this view being takenalong the line 11, 11 of Fig. 10 and looking in the direction indicatedby the arrows;

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, I have illustrated a casingcomprising side walls 12 and 13, end walls 14 and 15, and a topInemberlfi. The wall 12 may, if desired, be provided with a door 14 sothat access to the interior of the casing may be had. Secured to eachone of the end walls 14 and 15 is a rack 17 and 18. Engaging each one ofthese racks is a pinion 19 and 20 mounted upon the shaft 21, extendingtransversely of the casing. Secured to the shaft 21 is a bevel gear 22meshing with a bevel gear 23 mounted upon a shaft 2-1 secured inbearings 25 and 26, The bearings 25 and 26 are supported from the underside of an elevator 27, which, as will readily be explained, isarranged. to travel up and down within the casing. l /lounted within thebearings 25 and 26 is a coiled spring.

28, having one end thereof rigidly secured to the shaft 24, and theother end permanently secured to a bolt 29 fixed in the bearings 25 and26. Mounted upon the front end of the shaft 24 is a ratchet wheel 30arranged to cooperate with a: pawl 31 pivoted on the front bearing plate25. The

shaft 24 may, if desired, be provided with a squared portion, as shownso that a crank 32 may be utilized for placing the spring 28 undertension. Secured under the elevator 27 at each end thereof is a bracket33 which provides a bearing 34 for the shaft Patented Nov. 16, 1915. 1

guides 35 and 36 cotiperating with a guide rod 37.

- From the description thus far given it will be seen that if the springis placed under tension and the pawl 31 placed in its non-operatingposition as shown in the dotted lines, the shaft 24 will tend to rotatethe shaft 21, due to the bevel gears 22 and 23, tomove the elevator'inan upward I v to the shaft 24 is not essential, in-that' the operatormay, if desired,lmerely by pressing on the elevator 27, bring it down toits original position shown in Fig.1, again placing "a tension on thespring.

As willbe seen in Fig. 2, a space is provid'ed at 38 between thewalls 13and 39 for y ond gear-wheel 42 mounted in the sideof the I machine.Rigidly secured to the shaft 40 is v .shaft 67 (Fig. and fixedv theretois a the reception of' mechanism subsequently to? be described A similarspace is prov ded at each side of .the machine. Extending transverselyofthe machine and'near the top thereof is -a'sh aft 40;, which hasrigidly'secured thereto ateach end a gear wheel L1, one of said gearwheels meshing with aseea pair of cam wheels 42, which; are preferably.positioned at each side of the machine. as is most clearly shown' inFig. 1.1 A third 7 cam wheel shown? at 43 is also rigidly'se c'ured tothe shaft lO; J

I Cooperating, with each I or camwheels 1 12" is a lifting'arm 44:pivotedt'o'ia lever" "Clesc ilbed willenable the rollers 61 an'd62 4 5securedto the shaft46,-extending trans ;versely' of the machine"and-bearing in sidewalls thereof. Aweight 47 may be se jcured-totheliftingarm so that the arm'is'. '35

Fig. 2.- coiiperating with the cam 43 -isi-a held by 'gravity in theposi'tion illustrated in lever 48"a1so pr'ovidedwith a weight- 49,this

' lever being rigidly, secured to the shaft 46.-

vProvidedin'the wall 13-is an aperture 50 and secured'to thiswall:guiding means 151, this Yguidingfineansactmg as'a guide for. thenewspaper.or articlei to-be vended andals'o as. a preventive [of theinsertion of instrumentsior toolsofyanyfkind into the. casing- Extendingacross the casing and in proximity t6 the-aperture 50 are shafts .52 iand :58, the shaft 52*.being supported in' bearings 54. The shaft5'3'issupported in a l plurality of bearings- 55, each of which ispivoted at 56 toiabracket 57 supported from 'the .wall 13.'The bearing551s provided;

I I with a rod .58 extending up through an aperft ure' in the bracket.57. r A shoulder portion 59, is provided'on' the rod 58 and a spring 6'0interposed betweenthe bracket 57 and" the projection 59. Mounted HPOIIthe Slfaft 52 otally mounted on each of the j awmembers 84. Each of thecam blocks 94 is provided with a recessed portion v95",'in whichextendsa somewhat circular cam.member .9 6 whichis 'a pliirality' of rollers61. engaging a plu may of rollers 62 mounted upon the shaft 53. "Each'ofthe rollers 61 may, if desired;

be -provide d with a "series of prongs as shown, and each \of the;rollers 62- provided with a groove 63 for accommodatingithe prongs in.the rollers 61. It will be. seen .will presently, be-described.

shaft 77.

enough to properly operate the rollers.

Rigidly mounted upon the shaft 52 bymeans of a collar 64 is a sprocketwheel .65.- Mount shaft 67 whichhas slidabl'y mounted thereon a. collar69 rigidly connected to a sprocket wheel 7 0, a chain/71 serving toconnect this sprocket wheel 'with .the sprocket wheel 66 mounted uponthe shaft 52. M Rigidly mounted upon the shaft 67 is a ratchet wheel'72,. preferably placed adjacent the sprocket wheel 0. Secured to thesprocket wheel 70 1s a pawl 73 cooperati-ngjwith thev ratchet wheel 72,this pawl {I'atchet-meChanis'm' ed in the side. wall l l'andl bearing'66 is a I "iti serving to prevent rotation of the shaft 5 2 in a'counter clockwise direction, but-permitting rotation ofthe' samei'naclock-wise direction. The utility of this arrangement- I. Mountedupon the: left-hand end of the I sprocket wheel 7 4,- said sprocketwheel being driven by a, chain 7 5 cooperating with a-second sprocketwheel 7 6 mounted upon .a short I A gear wheel178 also mounteduponthe-shaftl77 meshes'with' the g'ear42;

It will be seen that the constructionthu's far to be rotated uponrotation of the gear 42 '81 is guide .83=..and extending through anaperture. in this guide is-a second jaw mem-' ber8l, extending through aguide 85 mounted upon the first, jaw. member 81. The

lower end-,ofithe rod 84 is provided with a projection86, between whichand the guide '85 a spring 87-is interposed;- fThe upper end of themember .54: is also provided with a toothed portion shownat 88', the.spring 87 I tending to .bring the jaw members 82, and 88 into engagementwith each other; Secured to both of the rods 84 is a pair of linksSQ'pi'votallyhiounted at 90. to-apair of legrooves 93 in eachof thegears 41. Mount.-

"ed' in the side walls 14: and'15 and in prox imityv to each of the jawmembers is a cam block 94 cooperating with a roller 95 pivis pivotallysecuredto the block 94 by means of the. screw 97 The cam member 96 has a.115 ver's 91, pivoted at 9l, providedwith ro11-- .z rs 92'cooper'ating-lwith peculiar shaped will presently be described.Extending under each of the cam projections 97 is a ledge 98 having itsright end extendingiipwardly, as illustrated. The recess 95 is enlargedat 98' to permit a slight angular movement of the cam 96.

The operation of the cam mechanism just described is as follows:Assuming the gear. 41 to be rotated in the direction indicatedby thearrows, the lever 91. will be swung to the .left (Fig. 4), due to thecooperation of the roller 92 mounted thereon and the groove 93, causingthe jaw member to be swung toward the left upon its pivot 79.

gear- 11 continues to rotate the lever 91 is again swung to its originalposition to the right, thereby swinging the jaw members to their normalposition, the roller riding up the inclined planeof the ledge 98. Inriding up the inclined ledge 08 the roller engages the cam 97 but due tothe recess 98 the cam 'is'allowed an angular movement, permitting theroller. to ride up past the cam and in the position illustrated inFig. 1. After the roller is in the position shown in this figure, thecam 9 7 again falls to its original position, permitting the secondseries of operations similar to the one just described. The gear 12,meshing with one of the gears -11, is slidably mounted upon the shaft100, mounted in the hearing 101 secured in the side wall of the cas-'ing. Mounted upon the right-hand end of the shaft 100 (Fig. 11) is a camwheel 102, the other end of said shaft being connected with a crank 103arranged to be operated from the outside of the machine. 'The gear 4-2,as is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 11, is

dish-shaped so as toaccommodate the earn 102 and also a locking lever103 pivoted at 104. Secured to the locking lever 103-is a pin 105extendingthrough a slot 106 in the gear'4t2. A plate 107, secured to thewall of the machine is provided with flanges 10S and 109, supportingsprings 110 and y 111. Pivoted immediately beneath the gear 42 at 112 isa coin-actuated lever 113 provided with a weighted portion 114 at itsright end (Fig. 1) and having its left end terminating in a hook 115extending into a coin chute 110 secured to the side of the machine. Theweighted portion 114: may be changed so that the lever will be actuatedfor coins of any desired denomination.

The operation of the mechanism cooperating with the gear 12 is asfollows: A coin of a predetermlneddenomination 1s dropped in thechute116 and engages the lever 113, tending to turn the same in acounter-clockwise direction. The rotation of this lever 113 is, however,prevented at this time due to the engagement of the right-hand end ofthe lever with the pin 105 of the locking lever 103, the locking lever103 being prevented from moving to its locking position on account ofthe engagement of it with the cam 102. As the operator rotates the crank103 and the shaft 100, the portion 117 of the cam 102 will come intoregister with the locking lever 103, in which position the lever 103-will be allowed to swing in a counter-clockwise direction to theposition indicated at a in Fig. 4, the right-hand end of the lever 113forcing the locking lever 103' into engagement with the notch 117. Asthe shaft 100 continuesto rotate, the gear 12 is also rotated,

due to the connection just made. between the cam 102 and gear 42. Inorder to retain the locking lever 103? in engagement'with the cam 117.during one complete revolution of the gear 12, applicant hasprovided thesprings 110 and 111 which engage the pin 105 and serve to positivelyhold the locking lever 103 in engagement with the notch. After therevolution of the gear-12 has been completed, a' means is provided forreleasing the lever 108 so that the gear and cam are disconnected, thismeans being shown at 118 in the form of a bellcrank lever,

its right-hand end beingnveighted at 119 v to retain it in the positionillustrated. The left-hand end of the lever 118 is provided with abeveled portion 120 and spacedat each side of the left-hand end are stoppins 121, 121 serving to limit the movement of the bell crank lever.

It will be seen that as the gear 42 and lever 103 are rotated in thedirection 1I1(ll cated by the arrow thepin will, at the end of onecomplete revolution of the gear 42, come into engagement with thebeveled portion 120 of the bell crank lever 118, the bell crank lever.118 then swinging on its pivot and forcing the locking lever back to itsnormal position out of engagement with the cam 102. The position of thecoin-eontrolled lever 113 when the locking lever is moved to lockingposition is illustrated at min Fig. 10, the weight of the coin retaining the right-hand end in engagement with the pin 105, and it isprevented from further rotation on account of this engagement. The pin105 is, however, moved from this position due to the rotation of theshaft 100, allowing the coin-controlled lever 113 to move to theposition illustrated at Z), in which position the coin is permitted topass on down the chute into a box or other receptacle provided for thepurpose. The side wall supporting the coin chute is provided with aplurality of openings from which lead coin guides, each guide bei11 of asize to ermit the assa e of a coin Either one oi these. I

of one denomination.

slides may be used as desired, the other one of said slides-being putout of commission. 4 I will now describe the operation of the liftingarms'a-nd the mechanism employed in conjunction therewith.

The conformation, of each of the lifting" arms isbest illustrated inFig.5. Secured to. the free end of each of the lifting arms i'safootl22, shown in detail in Figs; 7 and 8. E'Xtending'through the footin an'oblique cured to it's cooperating 1ifting .-arm by means of thescrew 125, so'that the feet may a direction is a p'ai'r of screws orneedles 123.

' Set screws 124 may be employed for holding the needles 123 in anyposition desired. Each one of. the lifting feet 122 may be sebe'easilyremoved' in case repair is necessary.

. The newspapers or other"; articles to be vended are placed upon theelevator 27, as

shownin Fig. 2, and the pawl 31 disengaged fromits cooperatingratchet30, allowing the elevator to move'upwardly. Afstop 126 in the form of aroller mounted uponthe V sl1aft '127 serves to holdthe elevator and"papers mounted thereon in 'the position 1 shown in this figure; -Aweight128 pivot any secured ,to the shaft 127by means of a pair of arms 12-9"serves asa guiding means when; the paper is being fedto. the rollers I"as will be seen; I-As the gear-42 is rotated,

due to its connection with the crank shaft. L

1Q0, the gear il an'd shaft upon'which-it is mounted are rotated in thedirection indi mountedupon the lever 48. The operation f of this camwill cause the lever. 18 to move. upwardly, turning the, shaft 46 inacounten 'clockwise direction. This counter-clockwise cated, the cam 43engaging a roller I130 movement of the shaft-'46 will cause the levers45 Y secured thereto to swing inya counter-clockwise. direction, thearms #44 moving to theright, asshown in Fig. 2.; I This'movementto theright Will cause each} of thedifting feet-secured to the arms-tofl'penetrate* the" uppermost article, As; the shaft 40 continuest'orotate,'feach of' the cams i2 .WiIPeIigage a roller 131 secured tothe arm 4-1, causing-the arm to swing tothe position illustrated in Fig.5. At 'thistime the lever 91 iseaused' to actuatethejaw members as haspreviously-been described,

- said jaw members being here shown in their lockingv position. As thej-awjme'mbers are moved to their normal position, thenewspaper is fedbetweenthe rollers til and 62-, disengaging the-liftingfeet 122. Therollers continue to operate until the newspaper is in the position'shownin dotted lines in Fig. 2, in which posltion the operatingcrank will bedisengaged fromthe mechanismdue to the operation of, the bell cranklever 118.

The newspaper maythen be grasped by the operator and pulled out, thepawl and ratchet mechanism mounted on the shaft 67 allowing the rollerto' rotate:

While I haveillustra-ted my invention in v the particular embodimentsherein shown, I

do not-wish to-be limited to these constructions, but desire toclaimiany equivalent constructi'ons' coming .within' the terms andspirit of the appended elaims.-

W'hat claim fas new and desire tolsecure by-Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is:

1." A vending machine comprising in combination a casing provided withan outlet,

an elevator in said casing, arranged tocarry articles to be vended, astop carried by said casing, means tending to move, theelevator" toward'sald stop, and llftlng-arms carried by said casing for feeding art clesto said outlet. v

2. A vending machine comprlsing a 'casiing. providedwith an outlet, anelevator'in said casing, arranged to carry articles to be e 1 vended,rollers married by said casing disposed in proximity'to said outlet,lifting arms for feeding said articles to said rollers,

and imechanism for operatingsaid lifting.

arms and rollers. Y 3. A vending machine comprlsrng acasing providedwithan outlet,'an elevator in said casing, arranged to (carry; articles'to be,

vended, rollers carried by said casing 'disandsmeans. tending toturnsaid "shaft to m ve'the-elevatqr-"I 5.'A ,-ven ding machine comprisinga.cas-

ing provided with an outlet, an elevator in said casing, arrangedtocarry. articlesto be vended, a stop carried by said-casing, a.-

shaft .c'arriedflby the elevator, a P1111011 mounted on said shaft, arack carried by said casing cooperatingwith said pinion,

and means -,.tending to turn" said shaft-to move the elevator towardsa'idstop;

p6. A'vendingmachine comprising a cas- 'ing, provided with anoutlet,elevator in' said casing, arranged tov carry articles tobe vended, ashaft securedto isaid elevator, a I

pinion mounted on said shaftfa rack'carried by said casing engagedbyfsaid: pinion, and spring means tending togtur'n said shaft-to movetheelevator toward said.stop,,- 1

"7. A vending-machinecomprising a. cas-j 'ing'providedgwith anfloutle't,said casing arranged to; carry articles to be 'ven ded, 1ifting armssupported by said'basing, engagingdevices carried by said arms, and cam1,1e0,44.e I

8. A vending machine comprising a cas-.

ing provided with an outlet, said casing ar ranged to carry articles tobe vended, lifting arms supported by said casing, and jaw memberscarried by said casing for feeding said articles from said lifting armsto said outlet.

9. A vending machine comprising a casing provided with an outlet, saidcasing arranged to carry articles to be vended, lifting arms supportedby said casing, rollers in proximity to said outlet, and jaw memberscarried by said casing for feeding said articles from the lifting. armsto said rollers.

10. A vending machine comprising a casing provided with an outlet, saidcasing arranged to carry articles to be vended, lifting arn'is'supportedby said casing, rollers in proximity to said outlet, jaw members carriedby said casing for feeding said articles from the lifting arms to saidrollers, and a common actuating means for said arms, rollers and jawmembers.

11. A vending machine comprising a cas ing provided with an outlet, saidcasing arranged to carry articles to be vended, lifting arms supportedby said casing, rollers in proximity to said outlet, "jaw memberscarried by said casing, and cam mechanism for operating said jaw membersto clamp the article and feed the same to the rollers, said jaw membersbeing arranged to release the article when said article engages therollers.

12. A vending machine comprising a casi-ng provided with an outlet, saidcasing arranged to carry articles to be vended, lifting arms supportedby said casing, rollers in proximity to said outlet, jaw members carriedby said casing, cam mechanism for operating said jaw members to clampthe article and feed the same to the rollers, said jaw members beingarranged to release the article when said article engages the rollers,and a common actuating means for said arms, rollers and cam mechanism.

13. A vending machine comprising a casing provided with an outlet, twosets of rollers disposed adjacent the outlet, the sets being positionedparallel to each other to re' ceive between them and deliver to theoutlet an article to be vended, driving means for said rollers, ratchetdevices connecting said rollers and driving means adapted to permit the.rollers to be operated in advance of the driving means, and means forautomatically preventing operation of the rollers after the drivingmeans has been operated a certain predetermined amount, which amount ofoperation of the driving means imparts rotation to the rollers which isnot sufhcient to cause the article to pass entirely through the rollers.i

14. A vending machine'comprising'acasing provided with an outlet, saidcasing be ing arranged to'carry articles to be vended, rollers disposedin proximity to said outlet for feeding the articles to the outlet,driving means for said rollers,'devices connecting said rollcrs'anddriving means adapted to permitthe rollers to be operated in advance ofthe driving means, said driving means being arranged when fully actuatedto operate the rollers an amount not suflicient to cause the articles topass entirely through the rollers. i

15. A vending machine comprising a casing provided with an outlet, anelevator in said casing, arranged to carry articles to be vended,lifting arms .supported by said casing, rollers in proximity'to saidoutlet,

jaw members carried by said casing, and

cam mechanism for operating said jaw members to clamp the article andfeed the same to said rollers, said jaw members being arranged torelease the article when said article engages the rollers.

'16. A vending machine comprising a casing provided with an outlet, anelevator in said casing, arranged to carry articles to be vended, a stopcarried by said casing,means tending to move said elevator toward saidstep, lifting means supported by said casing, rollers in proximity tosaid outlet, jaw members carried by said casing, and cam mechanism foroperating said jaw members to clamp the article and feed the same tosaid rollers, said jaw members being arranged to release the articlewhen said article engages the rollers.

17. A vending machine, comprising a casing provided with an outlet, saidcasing be "ing arranged to carry an article to be vended, lifting armsfor feeding the article to the outlet, oblique engaging devices carriedby the arms, mechanism for moving said arms and devices in a planesubstantially parallel to the plane of the article so as to embed theengaging devices in the article,

and means for lifting said arms to feed the article to the outlet. I

18. A vending machine comprising a casing provided with anoutlet, saidcasing being arranged to carry an article to be vended, lifting arms forfeeding the article to the outlet, oblique needles carried by thelifting arms, mechanism for moving said arms and needles in a planesubstantially parallel to the plane of the article so as to embed theneedles in the article, and means Y for lifting said arms to feed thearticle to the outlet. 1 V

19. A vending machine comprising a casing provided with an outlet, anelevator in said casing arranged to carry articles to be vended, liftingarms for feeding the uppermost article to the outlet oblique engagingdevices carried by the arms, mechanism for moving said arms and devicesin a plane article so as to'embed' the engaging devices 1 casingprovided With an outlet,jsaid casing in the article, and means forlifting said arms to feed the-article to the outlet.

20. A vending machine comprising a" casing provided ithan outlet, anelevator in said casing arranged to carry articles to be vended,-lift'ing arms for feeding the up permost article to the outlet, obliqueneedles .parallel to the cam shaft, anarm for fe'ed-- ing the, uppermostarticle to theoutlet -eccencarried by'thearms, mechanism for moving saidarms and needlesina plane substan tially'parallel'to the plane 'ofthearticle so as to embed the needles-in the article, and means'for'lifting said arms to feed the article to the outlet. f

21. A vending IIIBClIlHSfCOIHPIlSlIlg a being arranged vto carry anarticle' to be vended, a camshaftextending over the article, an armshaft: disposed substantially parallel to the cam shaft, an arm forifeeding the article to the outlet eccentrically connected with the armshaft and'extending over the cam. shaft tobe Vertically moved thereby, alever'rigidly connected with the arm shaft adaoted to bejoperated -bythe; oam shaft. to cause oscillation of the arm devices-carried by thearm..- 7 22. A vending machine comprising a shaft and thusthe-arm, andarticle engaging V 0 casing provided'with an. outlet, an elevator, insaid casing arranged to carry articles to" be vended, a cam shaftextending over the articles, an arm shaft disposed substantially iththearm shaft adaptedto beoPerated by the camshaft to cause oscillation ofthe arm shaft and thus thezarm, and article engaging devices'carried bythe arm.

In witnessl whereoflql hereunto subscribe m name this,=8rddayfof July,A. 111 4.

v ssesf I 4 FRANK SrneREsT,

FERDINAND G N

